Note about ancient Egyptian and modern egyptology. The name of the sun deity is often spelled like Re or Ra. But this is a chopped off way of transliterating a word that always had another consonant on the end. Ancient Egyptian (AE) had this phoneme in their alphabet, and it was very common. But the...

I've noticed more and more people using "y'alls" when addressing a group of people. I was under the impression that "y'all" was plural already meaning there were two plurals. I wondered at first if "y'all" was for a limited number of people while "y'alls" might refer to a large group (as some...

when i tell them what i currently do with my days... usually I get blank stares and the vague impression that I've impressed them but they're not sure why so i started a group to post strange words and questions about lexicography in general http://lex.groups.vox.com/ it's one of the best jobs i've...